History
The tour focused on material from Prince's second and third albums, and marks the debut of Lisa Coleman on keyboards, replacing Gayle Chapman who left following the previous tour. Prince had begun playing "Head" during the Prince Tour which ultimately caused her to leave the band as she felt the songs lyrics and on stage antics conflicted with her religious beliefs. After the tour, the band would be further depleted by the departure of bassist André Cymone. Cymone would leave over a number of grievances with Prince — a number of which were that his contributions to Prince's music went uncredited, his lack of input in the studio, and most of all he was ready to start his own career- but some feel that his bitter feelings toward Prince stem from he believing he should have been treated better considering how his family offered Prince a home after he left his father's house. Cymone would later claim that Prince stole many of his ideas that were used for The Time and that he created the bassline for Controversy's "Do Me, Baby".
Additionally, with this tour Prince updated his look. After being told by his managers he couldn't wear spandex pants without any underwear, Prince began performing in a long trench coat, black high heeled boots and leggings, and just bikini brief trunks.
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